New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-05
STATUE OF BURNSIDE.
.,rvx.nsp sY PEOPLE OF RHODE ISLAND.


rAsrrsa MEMORIAL o. THE SOLDIER AND
srAxxsMAN-BRILLIAHT SCENE II Providence
GpY TELEGRAPH 10 the rnIBvHx1
~,,-.o. July l-RhsAs Island has bad in the
....ptn osntury two iAssi hssos Oliver Hazard Per-
- ~hoss arploita by see addsd lustrp 10 American
.rs as we'll az glory to Rhode leland history ana An
brose E Burnside. the tssety selner couruy s'A's'
mas ana popular idol Both Of these leaders nave oeen
,rorsd Nth msuorisls By the State which ssst them to
hats,a bronze equestrian statue 70 Burnside vas TO-
Az with greet military pemp IN The pressncs
~ his suryavpg companions beth OF high and
humble degree
burnside ives not Ike Perry, native Of Rhode leland
ne Vas born Indiana log hut vas educated d West
Point and formed bic relations With Rhode lslsnd
BIZ mssryisg Providence sdy With the establishment
AZ the Burnside rife Bristol he cast his lot With
this state Before the war he commanded the STATE
Militia. A. the appointment Of Governor spraguss hs
led the Let Rhode Islaad Rsgmsnt to the 'front.' In
1s6l From that time I'LL nsar tho close OF tho var his
career Is part the history OF that great conflict No
matter what rsvsrsss his arms with. Rhode Island
people we're slvsys his fraenda They believed IN him
and loved him Forgetful Of Fredericksburg they made
him Governor three mss and twice elected him TO the
senate Of the United statea Immediately after HE
sudden dsath September 49, 1881. steps we're taken
70 erect suitable memcrisl The state. the oy ana
private ndiyiduas I'll Joined In oontFiouung sna inc
completed work cost $4,000 Six thousand dollars al
ditionsl were appropriated u provide for 'o'dsy'
sxerctses
An roads in Rhode Island led to Providence ths morn
inx The militia from all the thoky ssttlsd parts o, the
State reported carly and the Grand Army posts reg
mental and unattached vetsrsns each and
Ill helped 70 swell the numhs Of the line and add to
The brillancy Of the pageant Under the oom-
uapd OF Colonel Isaac n Potter. the nne
moved promptly In ave divisions' state
militia Veteran assoeatlona Grand Army posts ana
distinguished men In carrisgea There we're Waiting
alta and
ane uniform aud splendid marching Of the Boston posts
shcting much applause In the local veteran sssooa-
tions old bent with and disease, hooosa along
Without murmur glad TO make that ourdenso@c naron
under July to do honor TO their OLD com
mandsr OF oomrade in arma The hero OF tho day was
General ". T. Sherman. He rode BY the aide OF henry
r. Barker chair an OF the Committee Of Arrangements,
drawn by four iron-gray horssa He was readily reeos-
sised and warmly greeted all along the hne and whom
the carriage division passed the military and veterans
review he was Enthusiastically received The Barnsde
at the end Of Exchange Place the great
Hall nearly nils the west end OF the place Inc oaIage
people at the stand the statue the three military
divisions moved down toward the stair IRON tns oly
Hall In line of battle. When half way down the open
space the militia swung wide column at the south
side of the square, the uniformed division OK me
Army taking north side and the veteran ASSOCIATIONS
forming In is order they marched down 70
1as .S SsrcniDs through Georgia asiy and we'll
The ola soldiers massed around the monument ana
a ,SS 'se a STAN
president of the day. With him were Governor L"ns
bury OF Connecticut, and staff General sherman Gen.
erai A. w. Greedy; Generals Deveus and loring, OF
Massachusetts; several ex-Governors OF this state
many other generals colonies without numDsr ana
various city ocera The statue was yelled la
the American flag At the time THIS covering WAS
removed by General lie wis Richmond and other members
of Burnsde's staf. ana dsisn battery OF artillery
cred major generals salute while the American band
PLAYED a few bars Of "The Star Spangied Hammer
principal feature OF the literary exercises wa tne
General Horati0 Rogers He dwelt In glowing
terms on Gene al Burnsdes character S the most I'M
selfish patriot OF his time .
One Grand Army post subsequently held banquet at
Music Hall another Infantry Hall Genera Sher-
man was Of the principal guests at Music Hall Tue
non doomed and drums beat merrily. The procession
the military event the tate has ever knovn
and crowds OF people witnessed 1t without any serious
accident The Burnside statue may be said 10 nave peen
well dedicated
Launt Thompson. Of ew-York whoss work has found
places honor In various parts OF the country was INC
sculptor The statue Is and half unes the size OF
lie The man II ding would be hign and
the horse eight feet the pnh TO the wtners The
whole group. including the granite pedestal stands
twenty five feet high Tho design for the granite base
was BY H. q. Avery, architect OF Sew-forE, and
General william Walker of this city The casting OF
the done by the Henry Bon nsrd Bronze Con-
pany OF NewYork The work representa- General Burn
side Of the Army Of the Potomac seated
entity earnestly watching the coanict In the distance:
Some CRITICS has been raised at this mild treatment OF
master subject, but the artist and the commtes De-
neved that this would be truer TO life ana would wear
better in public ere than would moro sensational
and animated group.